India calls on Bangladesh to implement existing border management understandings

Indian high commissioner Pranay Verma met Bangladesh’s foreign secretary Mohammad Jashim Uddin in Dhaka against the backdrop of escalating tensions along the international boundary.

New Delhi: India on Sunday called on Bangladesh to implement existing understandings for border management and to adopt a cooperative approach to combating crimes on the frontier against the backdrop of escalating tensions along the international boundary.

Tensions have mounted in recent days after the Border Security Force (BSF) acted to deter Bangladeshi smugglers and Dhaka contended that the Indian side had violated a bilateral agreement by trying to build a fence at five locations along the border.